[OS X TeX] Fine point of mathematical typing?

[Roberto Avanzi]

On 12.05.2008, at 23:12, Ross Moore wrote:

> Hello Roberto,
>
> On 13/05/2008, at 5:57 AM, Roberto Avanzi wrote:
>> I have the following problem. I want to typeset a list of numbers,  
>> like the following short file
>>
>>
>> \documentclass[12pt]{article}
>>
>> \begin{document}
>>
>> \begin{quote}
>> \noindent%
>> $2$, $3$, $5$, $11$, $23$, $29$, $41$, $53$, $83$, $89$, $113$,  
>> $131$,

SNIP!

>> $9221$, $9293$, $9371$, $9419$, $9473$, $9479$, $9539$, $9629$,  
>> $9689$, $9791$, $\ldots$
>> \end{quote}
>>
>> \end{document}
>>
>>
>> BUT, the spacing in the last line is not the same as in the line  
>> above.
>
> Looks pretty consistent to me. (see attached image)
>
> <texshop_image.jpeg>
>
> What exactly do you get, and not like?

Well, the last line is compressed less.

> (The '1' being narrower than other digits makes a tiny difference;
>  but hardly noticeable at all.)
> What fonts are you actually using?

computer modern.

  Roberto